| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TEARING | Ripping | |
| FLEECING | Ripping off | |
| SALON | Saloon ripping off Ohio beauty parlour | |
| COG | Cough, ripping off... uh... small tooth? | |
| GERM | German ripping off an original source | |
| REBUKE | Reprimand crafty troublemakers ripping off mortals | |
| ESTEEM | Reckon confusing agreements ripping off Gran | |
| DAFT | Draft ripping off Rooney’s main character ... crazy! | |
| ABET | Help criminals flip tuba, ripping off university for middlemen | |
| TUNNEL | Annulment ripping off man ... forced into a hole! | |
| RIPPER | One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool. | |
| RIP | A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration. | |
| RIPSAW | A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called also ripping saw. | |